Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
The Talon Soraka synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Soraka, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Talon sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Soraka. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Soraka helps Talon perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Talon is an ally to Soraka, he observes a small increase in his total damage output. This change may signal that Soraka provides cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Talon is played alongside Soraka on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Soraka.
Additionally, when Talon plays with Soraka on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Soraka does a poor job of protecting Talon in team fights.
There is no top synergy for Talon that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, Soraka is a very typical ally for Talon. By being on the same team as Talon, she has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 49.0%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Talon and Soraka that allows them to perform at the same level together than without each other.
Soraka has a much lower diffuclty than Talon. That means Talon players don't need to be careful when lining up Soraka allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing together, Talon players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide a lot of utility for your team. When paired, these two will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by pairing Talon and Soraka together, you will not be granting your other allies very much AP. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Soraka ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Talon in order to work well with Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to include in your Talon and Soraka synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Axiom Arc. When Talon included at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Soraka than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 49.0% helping carry Soraka with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, Talon players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Soraka with Talon are given for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.